D9P Sliced and Diced
01-30-2011, 06:07 AM
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I wasn't planning to share this until it was complete, but I'm so happy with it I want others to see it too!
This is the project on my wall (finally found an old plastic tablecloth and tacked it to the wall; dh wasn't happy. lol). I thought I was going to do a D9P which I expected to be pretty fast and easy to put together. I cut the fabric from fat quarters in 8 inch strips because I wanted to preserve an 8 inch run in a few of the fabrics (ended up being unnecessary and I have a lot of waste, but live and learn!). When I laid out the D9P, it was okay, but I wasn't wowed!
Soooooo, I sewed my D9P blocks rights sides together and cut point to point in both directions. Yippee! Now I love it, but no quilt police allowed. Everything doesn't line up perfectly, but it's busy enough to not be noticable.
Now for my dilemma: I expected to do a small lap quilt or throw. I have completed the block in the upper left corner of the photo and it's 14 1/2 inches square, so I have a 56 inch complete design area without borders. Now I'm thinking of adding borders and/or some sashing....or maybe turning these blocks on point and adding filler squares to make it bigger. Just curious what others think would be the best way to go.
This is the project on my wall (finally found an old plastic tablecloth and tacked it to the wall; dh wasn't happy. lol). I thought I was going to do a D9P which I expected to be pretty fast and easy to put together. I cut the fabric from fat quarters in 8 inch strips because I wanted to preserve an 8 inch run in a few of the fabrics (ended up being unnecessary and I have a lot of waste, but live and learn!). When I laid out the D9P, it was okay, but I wasn't wowed!
Soooooo, I sewed my D9P blocks rights sides together and cut point to point in both directions. Yippee! Now I love it, but no quilt police allowed. Everything doesn't line up perfectly, but it's busy enough to not be noticable.
Now for my dilemma: I expected to do a small lap quilt or throw. I have completed the block in the upper left corner of the photo and it's 14 1/2 inches square, so I have a 56 inch complete design area without borders. Now I'm thinking of adding borders and/or some sashing....or maybe turning these blocks on point and adding filler squares to make it bigger. Just curious what others think would be the best way to go.
Original D9P layout
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Sliced and diced on wall board now
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01-30-2011, 06:18 AM
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Ooooh, is that ever neat! I really like how its coming together! I would probably add a few borders, but that's because the triangles of putting it on point intimidate me...LOL I kind of like it this way, though (straight) because the two different squares that come through in the design *are* on point. If you put your blocks on point, they'll straighten out. Also, I wouldn't do sashing because it will break up part of the design, imo.
01-30-2011, 06:25 AM
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I like how you did that additional cut, I will have to bookmark this page on here, so I can refer to it! If you have lots of fabric left, what you called waste, think about that in the borders somehow, just a thought. I have done that in a few borders, with another color, like creme, & it's made for an interesting, & different, not to mention, original border. Otherwise, some additional strip borders would be nice, & pick up some of the colors you used in the quilt. But I like it, great job, & don't worry if all the seams don't match up perfectly, I doubt they are suppose to at this point.
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